Mystic With A Brush by Patty Baralt

Christian Riese Lassen: Mystic With A Brush
Hawaiian surfer and environmentalist is both an idealistic artist and a savvy business owner“The world opened up and I was compelled into it. The world is my palette, theatre, audience and earthly surrender to paradise and the sea.” So declares Hawaiian painter Christian Riese Lassen. In this case, the romantic style actually is the man, both in his language and his remarkable paintings.There is an unapologetic idealism in his voice when he says things like, “My love of preserving the world in all its glory is my dream come true.” The same unabashed romanticism is evident in the credo on his website, www.lassenart.com: “I believe in making a difference through my art. In my work, I seek to act as a messenger, alerting people all over the world to the deterioration of the global environment, and to encourage a greater understanding and respect for the world’s diverse cultures.”Equally passionate is Lassen’s art, consisting mainly of seascapes and marine life. His oeuvre covers a range of styles from lushly romanticized to photo-realistic…with occasional side trips into neo-impressionism, and even an occasional foray into abstract modernism. But Lassen is best known for his idealized, dreamlike, or even fantasy-drenched images. These are a genuine expression of a personality that comes honestly by its passions…and that leads us to Lassen himself.A tanned, muscular athlete with shoulder-length blonde hair, Lassen grew up in Maui and looks as if he’d be equally at home on a surfboard or the cover of a glossy romance novel. In this case, appearances are not deceiving. When this onetime professionally ranked surfer is not riding the waves or wielding a brush, he might be found composing music, writing essays for his books, making regular network and cable TV appearances, producing films, or lobbying for pro-environmental policies through his nonprofit SeaVision Foundation.

The Temple

At the most fundamental level, highly acclaimed master artist, Christian Lassen is proud to announce his first-ever released of the Essence Monks. Inspired with their ancient practice of peace and tranquility. Mr. Lassen's composition of the essence water drops and the striking presence of the Monks radiates good will and the aloha spirit. The connections has entered the temple of enlightenment.

The Essence Monks

World renowned master artist, Christian Lassen takes his Essence to a whole new unique perspective. Inspired by the ancient spiritual practice of the Monks. He discover the perfectly balance of soulful serenity and his breath-taking Essence connected between harmony and peace that embrace Asian sensibilities. Through his composition of work, we are able to journey in mind and spirit to a place of great beauty and tranquility, far from the modern world.

The Art of Giving

Dolphin Symphony

Highly acclaimed master artist, Christian Lassen explores various painting techniques. His current series of Metallic Essence reach a new and unique level of art form. He applies extensive artistic metal works to produce a holographic effects and dynamic metal textures as a backdrop for lush and graceful water drops imagery. The elements of essence water drops are magical, powerful and always changing. Its surface creates　an abstract mirror of colors, depth and movement. The aluminous colors of his painting rising majestically on metallic canvas and come alive with the changing of light．

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to Chris Lassen, Hawaii's foremost artist of the sea who has been cited as one of the most successful environmental artist in the world. Born Christian Riese Lassen, Chris was raised in the island of Maui and at the age of 9, He demonstrate his gifted art talent in school with his simple pencil and white paper as his first tools of creative self-expression. Throughout high school in Lahainaluna, He drew and painted countless landscapes and seascapes which now became some of Maui's land mark of history. He never considered art as a career. His enduring love affair with the ocean and the beauty from the depths of the sea, naturally initiate a lifelong appreciation of art and that is why so many people from around the world are captivated and fallen in love with the art of Lassen.